could it be my motherboard?

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97bblackz

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My computer craped out on me about a month ago and i thought it was the video card. (It got really slow. Weird designs started poping up in the screen and freezing. I restarted and it acted fine for a few and started all over again. Now the monitor gets no signal and nothing is displayed but the computer is on with the fans going.)

So i replaced the video card with a new one and that didn't solve anything at all.
Anyone have any idea on what i should check next?

The system is a 3200 amd
1g of ram.
6600gt Geforce pci-e

and thats all i can remember =/
 
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k thanks for the reply. Is there a way to check these two things?


Also since i just bought another video card and obviously my old one was good. Can i run to and link them?
 
Hi 97bblackz,

Nothing is right until you have tested, but I think that your motherboard is broke. But like I said, I could be wrong. There is also a chance that your CPU is broke. The best way to discover is to test it. I hope you have an other motherboard or a CPU (or both). Maybe your friend or family?

Zangetsu
 
Power supply could be going. Motherboard/CPU could be on it's way out... Bad RAM... Lots of stuff really. Though the first thing i'd check would be the PSU.
 
^ I doubt its the PSU, even though it may be possible an PSU would have shown itself during some intensive stuff...

1. RAM - Ram failing = weird stuff and restarts
2. Motherboard - Fried
3. CPU
 
What video card did you have, and what did your replace it with?

It sounds like the video card to me, "It got really slow. Weird designs started poping up in the screen and freezing," means artifacts to me which could mean the video card was either dying or the drivers were corrupt.

Most of my experience has been with ATI video products, but I know that you have to use a program that completely uninstalls the old drivers and catalyst software. If you don't it can cause all kinds of problems, up to and including the video card not working at all.

What I would suggest is that you should find an old pci video card, not a pcie or an AGP card but one of the old ones. Ask around, someone you know probably has one laying around not being used anymore, I have about 5 of them laying around. And see if when you plug it in to the motherboard if your video works.

If it works then it is not your motherboard, It could be the PCIE slot going bad, or the ram in your system has gone bad. I doubt that it could be your harddrive. Artifacts like that make me think it is either you video card drivers, ram or pcie slot.
 
I would say PSU or RAM

Try removing all Ram, Plug it back in one at a time.

Swap slots there in, ect. . .

Remove everything from the case you dont need,

Ie, Extra Cards taking up Pci slots. . . .
 
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